Original U.S. WWII Army Air Force M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest Uniforms During that same timeframe

During that same timeframe

This is a very nice Totally inert BATF compliant "Battlefield Pickup" condition German WWI M1917 Stick grenade

never worn unissued with minimal age toning and a couple of small moth nips to the field-grey wool base

where it was fitted with a rifled barrel of 41 inches long

One side of the blade reads IN HONOR OF

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Force M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest Uniforms During that same timeframeOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW2 in the US Army Air Corps, bomber crews often returned from missions over NSDAP occupied Europe reporting extremely dense flak, each burst spraying the aircraft with hot shrapnel. Following the experience of the Royal Air Force, the Air Corps began issuing flak jackets to aircrews in 1942. These early flak jackets were heavy, consisting of steel plates sown into multi layered nylon that would catch low